fritter

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈfrɪtər]

v.  浪费; 细切; 剁碎; 减少; 消散
n.  油炸馅饼

复数：fritters　过去分词：frittered　现在分词：frittering　过去式：frittered　第三人称单数：fritters　

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BNC.22095 / COCA.21891

短语动词

短语用例

fritter sth↔away (on sth)

• 浪费（时间、金钱）；挥霍
  to waste time or money on things that are not important

牛津词典

verb

verb

noun

• 油炸馅饼
  a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable that is covered with batter and fried

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 油炸馅饼
  Frittersare round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.
  1. ...apple fritters.
     苹果油炸馅饼
• PHRASAL VERB 浪费;挥霍
  If someonefritters awaytime or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.
  1. The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating...
     这家公司不久就开始挥霍赚来的钱。
  2. I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
     我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。

英英释义

noun

• small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:frivol awaydissipateshootfritter awayfoolfool away

双语例句

• Fritter containing sliced apple.
  夹有苹果片的油炸馅饼。
• Fritter containing corn or corn kernels.
  夹有玉米粒的油炸馅饼。
• Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
  否则，你就干脆处理工作上的事情，然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。
• We cannot ask one dry region to give away the dregs of its resources so another part of the country can fritter it away on golf courses and swimming pools.
  我们不能要求一个干旱地区让出自己微薄的资源，而让本国其他地区浪费在高尔夫球场和游泳池这样的设施上。
• Some Indians, too, fear their country could fritter away its democratic dividend.
  一些印度人也担心，印度可能会浪费自己的人口红利。
• The fritter of the rubber can be erased by the way by using the utility model.
  使用本实用新型则可顺手把橡皮屑扫净。
• Manchu wanted to exercise authority through its own hairstyle, and fritter away the superiority complex of Han nationality.
  满族希望通过推行满族发式来确立自己统治权威，消磨汉族人的优越心理。
• But if you are a serious private investor, leave the Las Vegas mentality to those with money to fritter.
  但是，如果你是一个认真的私人投资者，就把拉斯韦加斯的心态留给那些有钱可供挥霍的人。
• If put a few books, when the wife that final preparation makes before the husband waits to go out, OK conveniently breaks up, fritter away says that paragraph bad it is long it is short time.
  假如放几本书，丈夫等待出门前作最后预备的妻子时，就可以顺手翻翻，消磨那段说不好是长是短的时间。
• Never fritter away your time;
  莫浪费时间；